Scorpio Collectief

The Scorpio Collective was founded in 2009 spurred on by the Bruges MA Festival. The first performance presented a programme around the birth of virtuosity in the 17th century, on the basis of a dialogue between wind instruments and strings. The important role of the sackbut, the rhetorical approach of the repertoire and the principle of dialogue with respect for the identity of each part, even when it verges on the eccentric, contribute to the lively quality of the Scorpio Collective. The name Scorpio stands for passion, excess, charm, and enthusiasm, while the term “collective” wants to stress the basic equality of each input. The driving force behind the ensemble is Simen Van Mechelen